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The factory trawler Alaska Juris lists to port in this still from a U.S. Coast Guard video. One of three inflatable liferafts can be seen near the Juris’ bow. Several good Samaritan vessels came to the aid of 46 crewmembers from a factory trawler that started taking on water Wednesday in the Bering Sea near the island of Kiska. The …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The U.S. Navy has called on Kodiak residents to provide information about possible WWII ordnance left on or around the archipelago. In 2011, a Navy historian from Washington state travelled to Alaska to conduct research on the sea defense areas the Navy used in WWII. During his visit, he identified three sites that needed to be looked at …